Pat Chesney on wed 5 feb 97
I am trying to compile any info on using ITC coatings on silicon carbide
shelves or on Thorley type shelves.
We are salt firing and need info about which shelves to use. To be honest,
if ITC can protect the Thorley type shelves, we don't want to spend the
money on SiCarbide shelves. If need be, we will spend the bucks-will ITC
work to spare the SiCarbide shelves also?
What do you salt/soda gurus think? Should we quit stalling and buy the
expensive boys or should some experimentation be in order?
Thanks again all you great people in Clay land for this wonderful source of
info and support.
Pat Chesney
Pat-Chesney@easy.com
Waco, Texas
Brooks Burgess on thu 6 feb 97
At 09:13 AM 2/5/97 EST, you wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>I am trying to compile any info on using ITC coatings on silicon carbide
>shelves or on Thorley type shelves.
>
>We are salt firing and need info about which shelves to use. To be honest,
>if ITC can protect the Thorley type shelves, we don't want to spend the
>money on SiCarbide shelves. If need be, we will spend the bucks-will ITC
>work to spare the SiCarbide shelves also?
>
>What do you salt/soda gurus think? Should we quit stalling and buy the
>expensive boys or should some experimentation be in order?
>
>Thanks again all you great people in Clay land for this wonderful source of
>info and support.
>
>Pat Chesney
>Pat-Chesney@easy.com
>Waco, Texas
>
>Pat, something to consider: Dont really know about the itc coatings in
salt. Do know that claytype (mullite corderite?) will not last long in salt
kiln. But as a cheapy type potter I wouldnt buy expensive shelves for a salt
kiln if i already had cracked or broken silicarbides from another kiln i
would "retire them" to the salt kiln. In Berea we dusted dry alumina hydrate
onto silicon carbide shelves with a flour sifter. After firing simply dump
the used alumina hydrate thru a screen to easily remove any wadding material
and the alumina hydrate can be re-used. This makes for easy flipping of
shelves vs having to grind off built up layers of kiln wash. Word of caution
....this was done in kiln using nat. draft venturies and I have never tried
it with forced air burners so dont know if turbulence would blow the powder
around in the kiln or not.
David Woodin Set Clayart digest on thu 6 feb 97
ITC products will work on any shelf for more information and prices call
904-285-0200
Marcia Selsor on thu 6 feb 97
I used ITC on silicon carbide shelves in soda firing. They are fine.
Marcia in Montana
(Also used it of fiber cemented to the INTERIOR of the door. It is fine,
too. Stils were dipped in it too. AMAZING STUFF!
Marcia Selsor
Pat Chesney wrote:
>
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> I am trying to compile any info on using ITC coatings on silicon carbide
> shelves or on Thorley type shelves.
>
> We are salt firing and need info about which shelves to use. To be honest,
> if ITC can protect the Thorley type shelves, we don't want to spend the
> money on SiCarbide shelves. If need be, we will spend the bucks-will ITC
> work to spare the SiCarbide shelves also?
>
> What do you salt/soda gurus think? Should we quit stalling and buy the
> expensive boys or should some experimentation be in order?
>
> Thanks again all you great people in Clay land for this wonderful source of
> info and support.
>
> Pat Chesney
> Pat-Chesney@easy.com
> Waco, Texas
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Marcia Selsor
http://www.imt.net/~mjbmls/
mjbmls@imt.net
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